The Company:
Our client is a global business who develop and manufacture fast moving consumer goods for domestic and commercial uses.
Location:
The role is based in Reading.
Role:
- Provide high quality standardised methodology execution in accordance to external authority requirements such as:-
- Batch production records.
- Sample testing and qualification.
- Equipment calibrations.
- Adherence to global/site methods and site SOP's.
- Ensure timely delivery of testing data and reports for testing.
- Sample submission logging into Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN).
- Provide communication to Supervisor and support timely investigation of all compliance findings, retests, and test deviation investigations and actions.
- Collaborate with supervisor on quality and Safety inspection findings and support execution of any resulting improvement programs.
- Highlight to the supervisor any problems associated with work which might pose a hazard or impact quality.
- Highlight to the Laboratory supervisor any observed compliance outages within the laboratory.
- Have personal ownership for quality of work; working with supervisor to implement recommended improvements.
- Scheduling and tracking for all agreed activities.
Your Background:
- Experience in an Wet chemical/Analytical/QC laboratory including batch making techniques.
- Experience of pH, Viscosity, Rheology and colour measures.
- Strong Good Science aptitude and good practices focus.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with a passion for accuracy and attention to detail.
- A proactive thinker who can anticipate future issues and propose pragmatic solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Strong Analytical thinking and problem solving.
- Good Computer literacy.
Experience/ Qualifications:
- BSc in a scientific field and or laboratory experience, preferably including broader industry experience.
- Recent experience in chemical industry with good manufacturing and laboratory practice knowledge (e.g. quality control).
- Good knowledge of analytical techniques used for product development and quality controls.
Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence.
If this position isn't suitable but you are looking for a new role, or if you are interested in seeing what opportunities are out there, head over to our LinkedIn page (cka-group) and follow us to see our latest jobs and company news.